Pumpkin carving stencils

Blog reader Christina emailed me about these cool World Wildlife Fund pumpkin stencils you can download from HP right here. Which prompted me to search for more downloadable stencils. Check these out:

• Stencils from Hersheys and Pumpkin Masters
• Some nice carving and decorating ideas from Parents.com
• Some odd, dramatic, and/or gruesome carving ideas at Extreme Pumpkins (here's my fave)
• Tips on everything from carving to lighting to photographing your jack-o-lantern at Pumpkin Carving 101

(Images from HP)

Tree greeting card download

Here's another greeting card I made, which you can download here and print, if you like. A chocolate brown envelope might be nice with it. If you don't have one, you can make one out of brown paper using this template.

Haircut has been accomplished.

I'm sick of looking at my head on here, so if you want to see my new haircut, you have to click this link. Photo taken by yours truly in the bathroom mirror. I told the hair stylist she could do whatever she wanted, as long as it was fun and somewhat trendy. So of course, it's none of those below. I'm pretty sure I like it. See all that gray? Yikes, I'm 31. She's urging me to color it.

Lots of my head

Oh my gosh, Mymsie left a comment on the last post mentioning InStyle magazine's Hollywood Hair Makeover site, and I am enraptured! There are tons of celebrity hairdos to choose from. And you can color them to match your hair if you want. Awesome. Okay, I just got over being bashful about having my head on here. Look what you can do! Try it, try it!

Now, what kind of haircut to get? I'm liking Halle Berry, #6. Sharon Stone, #1, is a little too crazy. Maybe Cate Blanchette, #3, but in my real hair color? America Ferrera, #2, isn't bad. But then I'm back to ponytail syndrome. Hmmm.

Try on some hair

Whenever my hair gets long enough to fit into a ponytail, that's all I ever do with it since I'm so lazy. Time to cut some off so I'm forced to actually use a blow dryer and try to look presentable. So while searching for hairstyles, I found this Makeover Studio online where you can upload your head and try on different hair. There aren't a lot of hair choices, but I still thought it was fun. You can add accessories to your head, too. Try it out if you're bored some night or looking for a new 'do.

[AAAAH! I'm suddenly mortified seeing 4 pictures of my head on here after I hit "publish." This post might not survive very long, as I'm having a sudden bout of self-consciousness.]

More orange

We saw this house on Haight St. in San Francisco. Alex thinks I should live in it. (With him, of course.)
My friend Kristin in Riverside gave me this cute bag when we visited. Of course I love it.

Back from our trip

We've returned from a vacation to California. We visited friends in Riverside, then drove up Highway 1 along the coast to San Franciso, stayed a few nights in a cabin near Yosemite, and then drove back to Riverside. It was wonderful. Here are some of our snapshots.